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    One planet to share: sustaining human progress in a changing climate

    2012
    The Asia-Pacific Regional Human Development Report (APHDR) focuses on the need for the region to find ways to continue to grow economically, while reducing poverty and tackling climate change and environmental concerns.
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    The state of Arab cities 2012: challenges of urban transition

    United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2012
    This regional report by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) highlights that, although urban slums are decreasing and urban innovations are being introduced, the Arab region still faces major challenges, including high youth unemployment rates and climate change.
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    Voluntary guidelines on the responsible governance of tenure of land, fisheries and forests in the context of national food security

    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2012
    Tackling the issue of land and resource tenure is one of the prerequisites for mechanisms such as REDD+ to have positive impacts not only on reducing emissions from the forestry sector but also in reducing poverty and achieving food security.
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    The Centre for People and Forests (RECOFTC)

    Community forestry is widely acknowledged as a powerful solution for many of the challenges facing local people and the wider society, especially in improving rural livelihoods, enhancing community go
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    Climate change, environmental degradation and migration

    International Organization for Migration, 2012
    As part of the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) annual 'International Dialogue on Migration', the topic 'Climate change, environmental degradation and migration' was selected as the focus of a workshop held in Geneva, Switzerland, in March 2011.
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    National climate change response: white paper

    2011
    This white paper presents the South African government’s vision for an effective climate change response and the long-term transition to a climate-resilient and lower-carbon economy and society.
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    Climate change, migration, and conflict

    Center for American Progress Action Fund, 2012
    This report is the first in a series of papers from the Center for American Progress that examine the nexus of climate change, migration and conflict, and its implications for United States foreign policy and national security.
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    Climate Airwaves: Community Radio, Action Research and Advocacy for Climate Justice in Ghana

    International Journal of Communication, 2011
    Community radio is well recognised as a powerful vehicle for advocacy and social change in Africa, but its use in the field of climate change has remained very limited, and then largely for top-down transmission of information to communities.
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    Sustainable development through policy integration in Latin America: a comparative approach

    United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, 2012
    The challenge of Latin American countries today is that they too need to translate socioeconomic development objectives into a model that maintains ecosystem services, biodiversity and low carbon emissions to support Earth Stewardship.
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    Managing climate extremes and disasters in Africa: lessons from the IPCC SREX report

    Climate and Development Knowledge Network, 2012
    This report is a summary of the 'Special report on managing the risks of extreme events and disasters to advance climate change adaptation' (SREX) from an African perspective. The report was compiled over two and a half years by over 200 expert authors taking into account almost 19,000 comments.

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